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one last week accusing china of providing illegal substances. they have taken action against china. he imposed a tax on chinese tires, putting 1,000 workers back to work. it's a move mitt romney opposed at the time. today president obama blocked a chinese company from building wind farms near an oregon naval base. the white house cited national security risks and ordered all equipment removed within two weeks. for more on this, let's turn to california congressman. good to have you with us. everyone knows affiliates of bain outsourced jobs when romney was there. what do you make of rom no attacking the president for being allegedly weak on china. is this the defense mechanism knowing he has a terrible record of shipping jobs? >> no doubt about it. this is out of the playbook. if you are weak, you attack for the same reason. that's what he is doing. this opponent that president obama is not at all weak on the issue. he is very, very strong on the issue and the republicans in the house of representatives are atrocious on dealing with china. there
one last week accusing china of providing illegal substances. they have taken action against china. he imposed a tax on chinese tires, putting 1,000 workers back to work. it's a move mitt romney opposed at the time. today president obama blocked a chinese company from building wind farms near an oregon naval base. the white house cited national security risks and ordered all equipment removed within two weeks. for more on this, let's turn to california congressman. good to have you with us....
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. >> president obama spot on. his record on china is very clear. the obama administration as filed, couldn't them, eight cases against china over unfair trade practices, including one last week accusing china of providing illegal subsidies to its parts industry. in 2009 president obama imposed a tax on chinese tires putting 1,000 workers, americans, back to work. it's a move mitt romney opposed at the time. and today president obama blocked a chinese company from building wind farms near an oregon naval base. the white house cited national security risks and ordered all equipment removed within two weeks. for more on this, let's turn to california congressman john garamendi. john, great to have you with us tonight. >> always good. >> you bet. everyone knows affiliates of bain outsourced jobs to china when romney was there. what do you make of romney attacking the president for being weak, allegedly weak on china. is this his defense mechanism knowing he's got a terrible record of shipping jobs over there? >> no doubt about it. this is right out of
. >> president obama spot on. his record on china is very clear. the obama administration as filed, couldn't them, eight cases against china over unfair trade practices, including one last week accusing china of providing illegal subsidies to its parts industry. in 2009 president obama imposed a tax on chinese tires putting 1,000 workers, americans, back to work. it's a move mitt romney opposed at the time. and today president obama blocked a chinese company from building wind farms near...
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president obama pleaded for respect this week. >> i have to say that sometimes we talk about respect, but we don't act with respect toward each other during the course of these debates. >> polls showed 96% of republican voters say they have negative feelings about the president as a person, has a human being. that animosity may be hard to republican candidates to control. take a look at the difference how between how john mccain handled it four years ago and what rick santorum did or didn't do two weeks ago in south carolina. >> i can't trust obama. i have read about him. he is an eric snow. >> no, ma'am. >> no? >> no, ma'am. he is a dessert family man, citizen. >> he is a devout muslim. my question is why isn't something being done to get him out of the government? he has no legal right to be calling himself president. >> well, i am doing my best to try to get him out of there. >> there he is cheering it on instead of stopping. she made two inaccurate statements. no right to be president? even a muslim has a right to be president, and he let it go. >> you are going to see more of tha
president obama pleaded for respect this week. >> i have to say that sometimes we talk about respect, but we don't act with respect toward each other during the course of these debates. >> polls showed 96% of republican voters say they have negative feelings about the president as a person, has a human being. that animosity may be hard to republican candidates to control. take a look at the difference how between how john mccain handled it four years ago and what rick santorum did...
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let's say he wants to get rid of obama care? what does he hope to replace it with? if he comes with shopping for health insurance, another positive reforms, he will end upbeating obama in november, even though the economy is doing a lit beter than it was a year ago. >> that's the thing. tackle that issue, this new beltway conventional wisdom that the economy is doing better and the election is already over. that, to me, there's so many issues, values issues, fiscal issues, economic issues that are unsolved. i mean, who is this coming from? why are these beltway geniuses coming. >> i'm in the private sector, i want to believe it, too. it would be great for my person business. but i think what's clear is that we actually still have a fairly fragile economy going forward. we want to see it take off. and i think, you know, romney, i think is far more comfortable with his economic mess sang right now. i think it was very comfortable in his interview with you, larry. and he also knew to switch to the more hopeful, optimistic message g
let's say he wants to get rid of obama care? what does he hope to replace it with? if he comes with shopping for health insurance, another positive reforms, he will end upbeating obama in november, even though the economy is doing a lit beter than it was a year ago. >> that's the thing. tackle that issue, this new beltway conventional wisdom that the economy is doing better and the election is already over. that, to me, there's so many issues, values issues, fiscal issues, economic issues...
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. >> ari, before last week, president obama was showing strong signs of improvement on the economy, closing the gap in most polls. but i want to show you a number. the pew poll shows that 54% of registered voters agree with the phrase doubt that obama knows how to turn the economy around. what do you make of that? >> that's been consistent, and it's been mitt romney's hope. if this is an election about the state of the economy and whether the president is partially or enough to blame for the bad economy, he's going to lose. that's why you see the president has been launching an attack against bain and other things that he was doing. so that's been the weakness and the numbers, too, that i'm looking for on the inside the polls are mitt romney's attributes and his ratings among independents because forget whether the polls are skewed for ds or rs, as long as mitt romney keeps winning independents, chances are mitt romney's going to win. in this pew poll, he won independents today, having nothing to do with whether it's skewed one party or the other. that's something to keep your eye on. romne
. >> ari, before last week, president obama was showing strong signs of improvement on the economy, closing the gap in most polls. but i want to show you a number. the pew poll shows that 54% of registered voters agree with the phrase doubt that obama knows how to turn the economy around. what do you make of that? >> that's been consistent, and it's been mitt romney's hope. if this is an election about the state of the economy and whether the president is partially or enough to...
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president obama has sewed up the -- surged in the polls this week, and republicans have been quick to figure out the problem. mitt romney. peggy noonan said his rolling campaign has been a calamity. shouldn't it puz puzzle us that romney's campaign is so incompetent, given his reputation for, well, competence. after all he founded one of the leading firms, turned around the salt lake city olympics and was a very successful governor. how did he get so clumsy so fast? in fact, the problem is not romney. but the new republican party, given the direction it has moved and pressures from the extreme, powerful elements, any nominee would face the same challenge. can you be a serious candidate for the general election while not outraging the republican base? fox news anchor brit hume refused to dwell on romney's economic policies he would put in place. why wouldn't mitt romney fluent in economics explain his economic policy? because any sensible answer would cause a firestorm in his party. it's obvious with a deficit of more of 7% of gross domestic product, any solution to our budgetary probl
president obama has sewed up the -- surged in the polls this week, and republicans have been quick to figure out the problem. mitt romney. peggy noonan said his rolling campaign has been a calamity. shouldn't it puz puzzle us that romney's campaign is so incompetent, given his reputation for, well, competence. after all he founded one of the leading firms, turned around the salt lake city olympics and was a very successful governor. how did he get so clumsy so fast? in fact, the problem is not...
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he had a week of debate prep? d i must believe that the way he's been talking he's come out more confused from that debate prep than what we've seen. we've seen him stumble all over himself just in the last cycle, he contradicted himself yesterday on health care. speaking to an nbc reporter. >> let's remember, he's going to ep touw,t coming on to the stage with the president of the united states gives you some gravitas right there. and typically in the first debate -- the challenger was declared the winner. so let's just keep in mind tha we can't take anything for granted. let'focuon t grod . e 40s o. >> you've got a good day one. that's for sure. congresswoman debbie wassermaschultz with us on "the ed show." thanks so much. answer tonight'suestn at the boom of the screen. arurughton twitter hod bo we want to know what you think. >>> coming up, yes, there's another video of mitt romney. it has surfaced and shows his true identity of how he views middle class workers in america. we'll show you the video and robert
he had a week of debate prep? d i must believe that the way he's been talking he's come out more confused from that debate prep than what we've seen. we've seen him stumble all over himself just in the last cycle, he contradicted himself yesterday on health care. speaking to an nbc reporter. >> let's remember, he's going to ep touw,t coming on to the stage with the president of the united states gives you some gravitas right there. and typically in the first debate -- the challenger was...
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a bit of a bounce in the last week, tyler. keep in mind all the auto stocks down in the dumps for a good 6 to 8 months. >> phil, thank you very much. >>> let's switch to politics. president obama and the republican presidential presumptive candidate mitt romney on the road at this hour making the case that they're in the best position to fix the economy. one of the headwinds, of course, so-called looming fiscal lunch. we're trying to put lawmakers on the spot. what would they do to help address it? live from come hill, representative john yarmouth with the solution. good to have you here. >> thank you. >> this is the problem created for ourselves and uniquely have the ability unlike the crisis in europe and weakening economy in china to fix ourselves and we don't seem able to do it. what would you do? >> first of all, i'd realize and admit what we did is fabricate a crisis. we manufactured this crisis. there's no reason to do it. and basically i voted against the budget control act last year because i knew it was a fiasco and
a bit of a bounce in the last week, tyler. keep in mind all the auto stocks down in the dumps for a good 6 to 8 months. >> phil, thank you very much. >>> let's switch to politics. president obama and the republican presidential presumptive candidate mitt romney on the road at this hour making the case that they're in the best position to fix the economy. one of the headwinds, of course, so-called looming fiscal lunch. we're trying to put lawmakers on the spot. what would they do...
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this week's new book of the week is "the new new deal" by michael green wa grunwald. had president obama read this book he would have been better able to defend his policies with mitt romney. now for a last look, many huj fund managers have reputations for ordering on a women, fancy cars, planes, and houses but one hedge runner has an today for this almost 4,000 ton argentine sovereign warship. he doesn't have request. it's a court order. ite mess than 200 crew have been ordered hd in begghana's point f tina. why? just a matter of a $1.6 billion debt. the fund went to the ga nan courts to ask them to seize the ship reportedly worth only about $15 million and the court did so. the next problem perhaps how do you convert a warship to a luxury yacht? the correct answer to our gps challenge question was d, the
this week's new book of the week is "the new new deal" by michael green wa grunwald. had president obama read this book he would have been better able to defend his policies with mitt romney. now for a last look, many huj fund managers have reputations for ordering on a women, fancy cars, planes, and houses but one hedge runner has an today for this almost 4,000 ton argentine sovereign warship. he doesn't have request. it's a court order. ite mess than 200 crew have been ordered hd in...
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president obama, mitt romney and as c youlose aan get to a preview of next week fir debate each appeared on the program "60 minutes." e what some ar callingws a gaffe. mr. romney's big heading o thar >> doee government have a responsibility to provide heth care to th50illann er who n't have it today? >> w we d provide care for people wh d h insurance, people -- if smeone has a their aparenan we pick them up in anmbulance and take the to the hospi and give them care and ffenstates have differe >> that's the most expensive way to do it. e rorg. >> agn, different states have ffent ways of doing that. some provide that care through clinics. some provide tare thrgh emergency rooms. my state, we found a solution wodn't take what wedid in you've got to ta the o texas, soents tohe emergency as a viable alternative for the unsured that's precisely the expsive alternative that his massachusetts model and the prident's model tryto elimine by providing universal coverage. thdeobama's rationale for health ca reform now and it was mitt romney's rationale fohis own plac2010. here he is back then on ms
president obama, mitt romney and as c youlose aan get to a preview of next week fir debate each appeared on the program "60 minutes." e what some ar callingws a gaffe. mr. romney's big heading o thar >> doee government have a responsibility to provide heth care to th50illann er who n't have it today? >> w we d provide care for people wh d h insurance, people -- if smeone has a their aparenan we pick them up in anmbulance and take the to the hospi and give them care and...
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my predictions on next week's first presidential debate. it's coming up next wednesday, and this is "hardball," the place for politics. [ male announcer ] introducing a reason to look twice. the entirely new lexus es and the first-ever es hybrid. this is the pursuit of perfection. >>> wow. bill clinton is headed back on the campaign trail for president obama. the big dog will be in new hampshire on wednesday, the same day obama and mitt romney will meet in denver for the first presidential debate. in 1992 clinton, of course, became the first democrat to carry new hampshire since lyndon johnson did it back in '64, and since then the granite state has voted for a republican president only once when george w. bush won it in 2000. we'll be right back. low-cost in. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 at schwab, we're committed to offering you tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 low-cost investment options-- tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 like our exchange traded funds, or etfs tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 which now have the lowest tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 operating expenses tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 i
my predictions on next week's first presidential debate. it's coming up next wednesday, and this is "hardball," the place for politics. [ male announcer ] introducing a reason to look twice. the entirely new lexus es and the first-ever es hybrid. this is the pursuit of perfection. >>> wow. bill clinton is headed back on the campaign trail for president obama. the big dog will be in new hampshire on wednesday, the same day obama and mitt romney will meet in denver for the...
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the obama white house is chajing their story again tonight. listen to what susan rice told the sunday shows two weeks ago, that a was five days after the attack. >> what happened in benghazi is in fact initially a spontaneous reaction to what had transpired hours before in cairo. >> we do not have information at present that leads us to conclude it was premeditated or preplanned. we don't see signs this was a coordinated, planned premeditated attack. in fact, what this began as is a spontaneous, not premeditated response in to what transpired in cairo. >> four days later, the white house and hillary clinton finally called it a terrorist attack. but it has sense come out within 24 hours, the white house, the state department and ambassador knew it was, in fact, in terrorist attack. moments ago the white house put out a statement defending rice saying she was reflecting the view of the government, based on intelligence. so this seems like a security breakdown of the worst kind and pre-election white house cover-up and i say it is time for ambass
the obama white house is chajing their story again tonight. listen to what susan rice told the sunday shows two weeks ago, that a was five days after the attack. >> what happened in benghazi is in fact initially a spontaneous reaction to what had transpired hours before in cairo. >> we do not have information at present that leads us to conclude it was premeditated or preplanned. we don't see signs this was a coordinated, planned premeditated attack. in fact, what this began as is a...
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last week, the obama administration announced it favored canceling a 16-year-old $3.5 billion tomato trade deal with mexico. the deal encourages imports and has kept tomato prices low. but florida growers say they're so low they can't catch up. the numbers show mexican tomato sales have quadruple since 2000 while florida has seen its cut shrink dramatically. after a flurry of letters from lawmakers, the commerce department decided to repd the trade agreement be scrapped. mexico growers were stunned, upset they hadn't been granted a meeting until after the decision. why did the decision get rushed? presidential politic, the influence of those florida growers might have played just a small role. michael isakoff is nbc's national investigative correspondent. it's an election year and hearing about issues like this, oh, favoritism of this front for florida. favoritism on that front for ohio. it shouldn't come as a shock and yet, we see it play out every year. four years, excuse me. >> this is a fascinating look about how to use the levers of power of incumbency to help yourself in an ele
last week, the obama administration announced it favored canceling a 16-year-old $3.5 billion tomato trade deal with mexico. the deal encourages imports and has kept tomato prices low. but florida growers say they're so low they can't catch up. the numbers show mexican tomato sales have quadruple since 2000 while florida has seen its cut shrink dramatically. after a flurry of letters from lawmakers, the commerce department decided to repd the trade agreement be scrapped. mexico growers were...
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this week at the clinton global initiative, president obama vowed to crack down on what not alone. miraorvino has treledissue and , she's starring in a new hollywood film, trade of innocence. earlier, i spoke with her and started by asking her how important hearing the president of the united states in a campaign year talk about this issue is. >> for all of us working on modern day slavery, it was gigantic, to have the leeader o the free world say that trafficking is slavery. make no mistake about it. that was huge. the fact he said to treat victims as victims, not criminals, the gigantic, especially in the realm of underage sex trafficking because too often across our country, children and teenagers are arrested for the crime of prostitution rather than being seen through the lens as vick tills of the severest form of human trafficking. >> and a lot of these victims are, you mentioned the word prostitutes, a lot of this is sex, right? >> in this country, it's about 50/50. 50% labor trafficking. 50% sexual slavery. >> where is it happening? i know it can be happening close es to pl
this week at the clinton global initiative, president obama vowed to crack down on what not alone. miraorvino has treledissue and , she's starring in a new hollywood film, trade of innocence. earlier, i spoke with her and started by asking her how important hearing the president of the united states in a campaign year talk about this issue is. >> for all of us working on modern day slavery, it was gigantic, to have the leeader o the free world say that trafficking is slavery. make no...
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>>guest: well, president obama won both of those states in the 2008 election. you look at absentee ballot numbers from florida the democrats in 2008 had 370,000 vote margin which is cut to 70,000 votes right now. well win on election day by a significant margin. florida, make sure it is taken care of. governor romney wants to take another swing down there. as far as virginia, it will be close. it will come down to the end. when you look at the results from the absentee ballots in democrat counties versus republican county, this is the case all overtime country, they are underperforming and we are over performing and mr. axelrod can spin it how he wants but the fact of matter is the message sell carrying the day. >>chris: here is a list of the key swing states to ask you. you are trailing in wisconsin. you are trailing in pennsylvania, ohio, and iowa, and as you suggest, you are tied in the must win state of virginia where the obama campaign has made a late ad buy. we will get to the specific states in a moment. are you saying these polls, the public polls are w
>>guest: well, president obama won both of those states in the 2008 election. you look at absentee ballot numbers from florida the democrats in 2008 had 370,000 vote margin which is cut to 70,000 votes right now. well win on election day by a significant margin. florida, make sure it is taken care of. governor romney wants to take another swing down there. as far as virginia, it will be close. it will come down to the end. when you look at the results from the absentee ballots in democrat...
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the "washington post" is up with a piece this week on an underreported advantage that the obama side has over the romney side. romney's financial advantage is because of the massive amounts of cash being spent on his behalf by the republican party and by outside interest groups. he has more superpac money working for him. but president obama has more of his own campaign money than the romney campaign has to spend. and it turns out not all money is created equal. campaign money, money you raise yourself for your campaign, is easily, more easily spent and sometimes more effectively spent than the superpac money. local tv stations, see, are required to give the campaigns, the real campaigns their best deals on advertising time. there's no such requirement in terms of the way they treat the superpacs. the "washington post" is reporting that in one ohio ad buy, set to run right before the election, the obama campaign is paying $125 for a tv spot. that spot is costing a conservative superpac $900. $125 versus $900 for the same spot? that's a huge markup for being a superpac. what that mean
the "washington post" is up with a piece this week on an underreported advantage that the obama side has over the romney side. romney's financial advantage is because of the massive amounts of cash being spent on his behalf by the republican party and by outside interest groups. he has more superpac money working for him. but president obama has more of his own campaign money than the romney campaign has to spend. and it turns out not all money is created equal. campaign money, money...
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president obama, mitt romney and as close as you can get to a preview of next week's first debate each appeared on the program "60 minutes." president obama made news because of what some are calling a gaffe. mr. romney's big heading on health care. >> does the government have a responsibility to provide health care to the 50 million americans who don't have it today? >> well, we do provide care for people who don't have insurance, people -- if someone has a heart attack, they don't sit in their apartment and die. we pick them up in an ambulance and take them to the hospital and give them care, and different states have different ways of providing for that care. >> that's the most expensive way to do it. the emergency room. >> again, different states have different ways of doing that. some provide that care through clinics. some provide the care through emergency rooms. in my state, we found a solution that worked for my state, but i wouldn't take what we did in massachusetts and say to texas, you've got to take the massachusetts model. >> so he points to the emergency room as a viable
president obama, mitt romney and as close as you can get to a preview of next week's first debate each appeared on the program "60 minutes." president obama made news because of what some are calling a gaffe. mr. romney's big heading on health care. >> does the government have a responsibility to provide health care to the 50 million americans who don't have it today? >> well, we do provide care for people who don't have insurance, people -- if someone has a heart attack,...
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you have another convention apparently next week. >> reporter: we'll scrutinize obama and biden next week. i'm sure there will be lots of fun to be had doing that. >> and a good time was had by alls. thank you very much. >>> speech everybody seems to be talking about today is clint eastwood's. most watched videos of the entire convention. take a listen. >> what do you want me to tell romney? i can't tell him to do that. can't do that to himself. you're absolutely crazy. >> that is the acting legend addressing an empty chair. thus our invisible ben bernanke bit earlier and supposed to represent president obama. eastwood reportedly improvised the performance. david ross said, quote, i didn't realize when he was announced as a surprise speaker it's a surprise to him. matthew cooper tweeted like a wedding toast clutching your napkin not sure how it will end. blake shelton, i love clint eastwood. charlie daniels tweeted clint eastwood made my day. of course, invisible obama began tweeting last night. the account was shut down and now back and 48,000 followers. >>> so did romney make the c
you have another convention apparently next week. >> reporter: we'll scrutinize obama and biden next week. i'm sure there will be lots of fun to be had doing that. >> and a good time was had by alls. thank you very much. >>> speech everybody seems to be talking about today is clint eastwood's. most watched videos of the entire convention. take a listen. >> what do you want me to tell romney? i can't tell him to do that. can't do that to himself. you're absolutely...
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look, last week, even during the presidential debate between president obama and mitt romney, the obama campaign tried to push on twitter the idea that mitt romney was being inappropriately testy. they tried so hard to push the testy mitt idea. they tried so hard to make that into a thing that people should feel about that debate. >> he got testy about it. he got testy about being on defense. i think that came across to the american people. >> a testy governor romney who spent the entire time on defense. >> i think for some folks at home it probably came across a little testy. >> yeah, no. nice try. i mean, maybe mitt romney was testy, at the presidential debate, and maybe joe biden did laugh in paul ryan's face all night at the vice presidential debate. but that is in part because these guys, mitt romney and joe biden, were pumped and they were pumped because they were obviously winning their debates. and complaining about that does not change that. but the other person who was pumped last night and whose performance was both winning and, therefore, grating to the side who came out the
look, last week, even during the presidential debate between president obama and mitt romney, the obama campaign tried to push on twitter the idea that mitt romney was being inappropriately testy. they tried so hard to push the testy mitt idea. they tried so hard to make that into a thing that people should feel about that debate. >> he got testy about it. he got testy about being on defense. i think that came across to the american people. >> a testy governor romney who spent the...
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romney is picking candidates, and obama gets the other one. inevitably, bill clinton wins the fight. it may say something about 2012 and certainly something about 2016. this is "hardball," the place for politics. facturing. the economy needs manufacturing. machines, tools, people making stuff. companies have to invest in making things. infrastructure, construction, production. we need it now more than ever. chevron's putting more than $8 billion dollars back in the u.s. economy this year. in pipes, cement, steel, jobs, energy. we need to get the wheels turning. i'm proud of that. making real things... for real. ...that make a real difference. ♪ >>> here's the head scratch. the new gamma poll shows that americans found the economy as negative. friday's report shows that the economy only created 69,000 new jobs last month and the unemployment rate actually ticked up, 1.8 to 1.2. some said that actually was pretty good. we'll be right back. ttd#: 1-800-345-2550 ttd#: 1-800-345-2550 let's talk about the cookie-cutter retirement advice ttd#: 1-80
romney is picking candidates, and obama gets the other one. inevitably, bill clinton wins the fight. it may say something about 2012 and certainly something about 2016. this is "hardball," the place for politics. facturing. the economy needs manufacturing. machines, tools, people making stuff. companies have to invest in making things. infrastructure, construction, production. we need it now more than ever. chevron's putting more than $8 billion dollars back in the u.s. economy this...
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it sounded like sour grapes a few weeks ago and it's sounding like similar sour grapes when the obama campaign doesn't like the numbers, but this ain't the first time we've been at this rodeo. >> no, and if you look at different polls, the waiting as it's called, is different in different snapshots. and what we can say about this, is that it is a snapshot in time. i mean, i look at the numbers where the gender gap is even and i'm scratching my head about that because that number seems very high to me for romney to be tied with president obama on gender because generally, democrats do better with women than republicans. so, you know, you have to look at these numbers. say president obama did not have a good night in that debate. that what everything mitt romney could have wanted to get out of that debate, he got out of this debate and if he has gotten his potential supporters more enthusiastic about going out to the polls and that's what this reflects, that's very good for mitt romney. >> so, cornell, jump in with the difference between likely voters and registered voters, there is a d
it sounded like sour grapes a few weeks ago and it's sounding like similar sour grapes when the obama campaign doesn't like the numbers, but this ain't the first time we've been at this rodeo. >> no, and if you look at different polls, the waiting as it's called, is different in different snapshots. and what we can say about this, is that it is a snapshot in time. i mean, i look at the numbers where the gender gap is even and i'm scratching my head about that because that number seems...
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. >>> many people thought this week president obama wouldvy strong debate performance that would be erased by a weak jobs number, but it's the opposite. the jobs report is in easing concern about obama's weak debate. nate silver said first day in while obama is is happy for everyone to talk about the economy because the numbers are better than expected with the unemployment rate dropping to 7.8%, a four-year low. exactly where it was when president obama took office. there was only a net gain of 114,000 jobs created last month. too low for sustained unemployment reduction. so something for both sides to like. the president has to be thrilled about this jobs numbers, though. it's a game changer unless it's not. the president is the out on the trail pushing it. >> as a nation we are moving forward again. we're moving forward. more people are getting jobs. now, every month reminds us that we've still got too many of our friends and neighbors looking for work. today's news certainly is not an excuse to talk down the economy to score a few political points. it's a reminder that this country has
. >>> many people thought this week president obama wouldvy strong debate performance that would be erased by a weak jobs number, but it's the opposite. the jobs report is in easing concern about obama's weak debate. nate silver said first day in while obama is is happy for everyone to talk about the economy because the numbers are better than expected with the unemployment rate dropping to 7.8%, a four-year low. exactly where it was when president obama took office. there was only a...
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the obama administration should have known. they should have had more security there, and he's very vulnerable in that regard. whether or not it matters to voters pondering pocketbook issues remains to be seen, though. >> i'm thinking back a few weeks to the run-up to the first debate in denver. we heard a lot of voices saying, don't get too excited. debates don't matter that much in presidential elections. i took the point. we don't see them changing 20 points worth of votes or something. something very significant has happened in the weeks since then. all year from april to the end of september, barack obama led in the real clear politics polling average. we might have the graph. i'm not sure. for the first time in the entire campaign mitt romney pulled ahead in that average and kept a small, very small but a lead in that since then. i guess my question is, can we finally put an end to this idea that debates don't matter? >> we should. we should have all along, steve. my view has been if debates aren't dispositive and they're
the obama administration should have known. they should have had more security there, and he's very vulnerable in that regard. whether or not it matters to voters pondering pocketbook issues remains to be seen, though. >> i'm thinking back a few weeks to the run-up to the first debate in denver. we heard a lot of voices saying, don't get too excited. debates don't matter that much in presidential elections. i took the point. we don't see them changing 20 points worth of votes or...
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at a univision 230er rum last week romney admitted he'd take credit for obama care except during the primaries. >> i have experience in health care refo. m gfa obaheresints care. i don't think he meant that as a compliment, but i'll take it. this was during my primary. we thought it might not be helpful. >> well, there you have it, mark, and then john. speaking to a straight news report are for nbc, ron allen, tofteid in tspo massachusetts. then before a partisan crowd he takes it back and lashes out at obama care. and then before a group he assumes to be a bit more liberal, he goes back in favor of it again saying, i take that not as a compliment but i'll accept it anyway. and there you go, what is this guy? he'sike aobbl head. >> well, i've not been as dubious about the notion of you could be for a certain type of policy at the state level but not think it's a good idea for washington to do it, but when il ahe morality of oric to the universal health care, then i think it's a harder case to make, and, you know, governor romney is getting a lot of criticism in the press, some even o
at a univision 230er rum last week romney admitted he'd take credit for obama care except during the primaries. >> i have experience in health care refo. m gfa obaheresints care. i don't think he meant that as a compliment, but i'll take it. this was during my primary. we thought it might not be helpful. >> well, there you have it, mark, and then john. speaking to a straight news report are for nbc, ron allen, tofteid in tspo massachusetts. then before a partisan crowd he takes it...
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president obama up by 18. a new suffolk university poll out this week asked about the forced ultrasound law passed by republicans in the legislature in virginia this year, signed into law by the republican governor in the state, bob mcdonald. virginia voters opposed that law by 17 points. the anti-abortion crusade that has been undertaken this year by republican-led state government in virginia is not popular in virginia. and now virginia women are prepared to take it out on the presidency, right? they're planning to vote against the republicans' candidate for president in their state by 18 points. and that was the context for a really important move made by virginia's republican attorney general this week, a move that could be important for the presidential race in virginia. this week the attorney general certified a new set of regulations targeted only at abortion clinics in the united states. the rules are just targeting abortion providers. it red tape specifically designed is to make it economically imposs
president obama up by 18. a new suffolk university poll out this week asked about the forced ultrasound law passed by republicans in the legislature in virginia this year, signed into law by the republican governor in the state, bob mcdonald. virginia voters opposed that law by 17 points. the anti-abortion crusade that has been undertaken this year by republican-led state government in virginia is not popular in virginia. and now virginia women are prepared to take it out on the presidency,...
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. >>> let me finish tonight with next week's first debate in denver. i think recommend any will take some hard shots. he may spend 90 minutes blasting away at the president. i think obama will play with him, parry the aassaults, block the blows. i think it will start slow with both men trying to be cautious neither being able to land a punch. then it will happen. romney will deliver what is clearly a rerehearsed moment, a sound bite. it will be something about obama not delivering on a promise. he says you do, but hasn't. he will expect the president to defend himself and what when he points to what he inherited from bush and romney will say he's not running against bush. this will be his strategy. i suppose president obama knows this is all coming and is preparing to deal with it. a month ago all romney had to say was obama got his best. he got his stimulus, got his health care program and here we are. i think that might have nailed it. a month ago. but something's changed. it could have been something like bil . >>> good evening and welcome to the ed
. >>> let me finish tonight with next week's first debate in denver. i think recommend any will take some hard shots. he may spend 90 minutes blasting away at the president. i think obama will play with him, parry the aassaults, block the blows. i think it will start slow with both men trying to be cautious neither being able to land a punch. then it will happen. romney will deliver what is clearly a rerehearsed moment, a sound bite. it will be something about obama not delivering on a...
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and this new video from the obama campaign trying to force the romney folks to at least try to come up with an answer to some of these questions about why he's offshored his money. so far, the romney campaign response to this line of criticism is that it is, quote, disgusting. which is a very powerful adjective which deployed in a political context, but just saying the word disgusting does not answer any of the questions. it's probably not a convince dns that the mitt romney swiss bank account cayman islands creepy zl air attack is being pressed by the democrats at the same time the president is rolling out his policy proposal that we should not renew the bush tax cuts for the smaller sliver of the country. he said this was the policy he supports, but today was the day they chose to formally roll out this as a proproposal. >> i'm calling on congress to extend the tax cuts for the 98% of americans who make less than $250,000 for another year. i believe it's time to let the tax cuts for the wealthiest americans, folks like myself, to expire. in many ways, the fate of the tax cut for the
and this new video from the obama campaign trying to force the romney folks to at least try to come up with an answer to some of these questions about why he's offshored his money. so far, the romney campaign response to this line of criticism is that it is, quote, disgusting. which is a very powerful adjective which deployed in a political context, but just saying the word disgusting does not answer any of the questions. it's probably not a convince dns that the mitt romney swiss bank account...
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four weeks ago obama led among likely voters by eight. now to the latest gallup tracking poll which covers the last seven days. gallup has president obama back in the lead at 50 to 45. what a difference from the other polyp that's exactly where the race stood before the debate. romney had surged in the tracking poll. the two candidates were actually tied in the three days immediately after the debate, but the president seems to have wiped out romney's gains in the gallup poll. joining me right now are howard fineman, editorial director of the "huffington post," and the honorable michael nutter, mayor of philadelphia and presidential surrogate in this tough campaign. gentlemen, thank you for joining us. always go to the elected official first. mr. mayor, what needs to be done right now to right this ship, to get obama back on a winning course? >> well, the president is on a winning course and as you laid out earlier, chris, with all the things that mitt romney either lied about or denied about, what we call that in philadelphia is just lyi
four weeks ago obama led among likely voters by eight. now to the latest gallup tracking poll which covers the last seven days. gallup has president obama back in the lead at 50 to 45. what a difference from the other polyp that's exactly where the race stood before the debate. romney had surged in the tracking poll. the two candidates were actually tied in the three days immediately after the debate, but the president seems to have wiped out romney's gains in the gallup poll. joining me right...
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president obama up by 18. a new suffolk university poll out this week asked about the forced ultrasound law passed by republicans in the legislature in virginia this year, signed into law by the republican governor in the state, bob mcdonald. virginia voters opposed that law by 17 points. the anti-abortion crusade that has been undertaken this year by republican-led state government in virginia is not popular in virginia. and now virginia women are prepared to take it out on the presidency, right? they're planning to vote against the republicans' candidate for president in their state by 18 points. and that was the context for a really important move made by virginia's republican attorney general this week, a move that could be important for the presidential race in virginia. this week the attorney general certified a new set of regulations targeted only at abortion clinics in the united states. the rules are just targeting abortion providers. it red tape specifically designed is to make it economically imposs
president obama up by 18. a new suffolk university poll out this week asked about the forced ultrasound law passed by republicans in the legislature in virginia this year, signed into law by the republican governor in the state, bob mcdonald. virginia voters opposed that law by 17 points. the anti-abortion crusade that has been undertaken this year by republican-led state government in virginia is not popular in virginia. and now virginia women are prepared to take it out on the presidency,...